The Doodle restaurant closes after 58 years

January 30, 2008 at 11:58 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Doodle Burger record, New Haven

The New York Times has an article about the sudden closing of the Yankee Doodle Coffee Shop in New Haven, Connecticut after 58 years of operation. Several groups have formed to attempt to resurrect the restaurant. Ryan Nerz wrote an article about Tim “Eater X” Janus breaking the record in the restaurant’s famous burger challenge.

Other articles
Yale Daily News
New Haven Independent
WTNH article and video
Yale Alumni Magazine article

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  1. Badlands Booker said

    January 31, 2008 @ 7:56 am

    That Place is an institution! Awesome Burgers! Im sorry to see it go.

  2. Rhonda Evans said

    January 31, 2008 @ 8:10 am

    That’s sad, because the YD Coffee Shop is not just a restaurant, but an icon of competitive eating challenges. The two people that always come to mind when I think of that BLDG are Bill Black Tie Stobierski and Gentleman Joe.

    I think it would be only fitting to have Joe’s tongue print forever cemented in front of the restaurant to honor the spot where all those Doodle Burgers hit the ground during one of Joe’s rare reversals in his near successful attempt to break Bill’s record at the time.

    I had to get that out Joe …. Ah … now that was a catharsis … 🙂

  3. Anonymous said

    January 31, 2008 @ 9:43 am

    That’s too bad. That place was great.

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